Add Booking

1. Quick Add
   
2. Detailed Add
   

Quick Add

Steps to create a booking using Quick Add

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. Rooms available in your Default location will be visible. You can also select the Location from the list of locations displayed on the left pane of the Resources window.
   
3. To check the availability of the room for the required date and time, navigate using the date picker from the top-center of the window.
   
4. Once the date is selected, locate the time for which you want to book the room, click and drag the mouse from the start time to end time. 
   
5. In the booking pop-up, enter the booking title and click Book.
   
6. The booking will be added.
   

Detailed Add

Steps to create booking using Detailed Add

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. Select the location from the list of locations displayed on the left pane of the Resources section.
   
3. To create a booking, click on New Booking from the left pane of the window or click and drag the mouse for a room and click on More.
   
4. Enter the booking title, edit the time if required, enter the description, add participants and click Book.
   

All Day Booking

Steps to create an all day booking

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. Click on New Booking from the left pane of the window or click and drag the mouse for a room and click on More.
3. Turn on the All Day switch in the create booking window.
   
4. Click Book to save the booking.
   

If you are trying to make an all day booking for a particular room, make sure there are no bookings done for any time slot for the given day. In that case, you won't be allowed to make an all day booking.

Private Booking

Steps to create a Private Booking

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. Click on New Booking from the left pane of the window or click and drag the mouse for a room and click on More.
3. Select the Make it a private booking option in the Create booking window.
   
4. Click Book to save the booking.
   

Repeat Booking

Steps to create a Repeat Booking

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. Click on New Booking from the left pane of the window or click and drag the mouse for a room and click on More.
3. Turn on the Repeat switch in the create booking window.
   
4. Fill the repeat criteria in the pop up and click Done.
5. Click Book to save the booking.
   

Add note to admin

Steps to add note to the admin

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. Click on New Booking from the left pane of the window or click and drag the mouse for a room and click on More.
   
3. Enter your notes in the 'add note for the admin' dialogue box in the right side.
   
4. Click Book to save the booking.
   

'Add note for the admin' section is enabled only if the location has a branch maintainer, assigned by the organisation admin. Click here to know more on how to assign a branch maintainer.

View Booking

Steps to View Bookings

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. To view your own booking details, click on the booking from the grid. The booking details appear in the pop-up.
   
3. You can view the booking information in detail by clicking on More in the pop up.
4. The View booking tab opens.
5. To view the booking details of the bookings made by others, click the booking from the grid.
   

Steps to View Upcoming Bookings

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources. 
   
2. Click on Upcoming Bookings under My Bookings from the left pane of your Resource Booking screen.
3. You can narrow down your search for upcoming bookings by limiting it to a particular time period. 

Steps to View Past Bookings

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. Click on Past Bookings under My Bookings from the left pane of the Resource Booking screen.
   
3. You can narrow down your search for your past bookings by limiting it to particular time period by clicking on the drop down.
   

Edit Booking

Steps to Edit a Booking

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. Click on the booking you have made from the grid.
   
3. In the view event pop up, click the Edit icon.
4. Make changes to your booking and click Save.
   

For Past Bookings, you won't be able to edit the date/time, room, location and participants in the booking.

Delete Booking

Steps to delete a booking

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. Click on the booking you have made from the grid.
   
3. In the view event pop up, click the Delete icon.
4. If attendees are added to the booking, you will get a pop-up asking you to Send notification to : Attendees and Myself, Attendees and None. Select and click Confirm to proceed with deleting the booking.
5. To delete a booking created by others in your organization which you have been invited to, click on the booking and click Delete icon to remove the booking.
   

Search Booking

Steps to search for bookings

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. The search bar is present in the top right corner of the window.
   
3. Fill the search terms in the search bar and tap Enter.
   

Adding participants to bookings

Steps to add participants to a booking

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. Create a booking or Edit an already existing booking.
3. On the right pane of the room booking window, enter the participant's email ID or pick the participant from groups using Pick from groups option.
4. You can check the Free/Busy information of the participants by clicking on View Free/Busy button. To exit the Free/Busy view, click Done.
5. Click Save.
   

Filter Rooms

Steps to filter rooms

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. Select the Filter icon next to the Today button in the top right section of the grid.
   
3. Select the filter type as Meeting room or Conference room or Training room.
4. The rooms in the chosen filter type for your location will be listed. 
   
5. To clear the filter, click on the filter icon and select Clear Filter.
   

Grid View Customization

Steps to customize your grid view

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. Select the More Options icon from the top right side of the grid, next to the filter icon.
   
3. In the Grid View Customization box, select if you want to view the grid in days or hours, enable/disable weekends and working hours in the grid.
   

Mark room as favorite

Steps to mark a room as favourite

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. Select the location from the left pane of Resources and click on a particular room from the rooms listed in the grid.
3. Click on the Favourite button (star icon) next to room name, to mark the room as favourite.
4. Your favourite room will be listed under My Favourites on the left pane of the Resources window.
   

Quick Room View

Steps to view the details of a room using Quick Room View

1. Login to Zoho Calendar and navigate to Resources.
   
2. Hover over the room for which you want to see the details and click the More button next to the room name.
   
3. The room details with the capacity, type, location and photo is displayed. You can also add this room as your favorite from here.